I had barely escaped the witch, but a new adventure was about to awaken! One night, in my village, the princess had disappeared without a trace! She wasn't in the castle and wasn't in the village! Sam, her lover, had received a note from the villain and brought it to me to coordinate the operation! It read:
To see the Princess again you must journey out into the Eastern Caverns to find me, Greyjacket. I will be able to help you find her!
I and Sam decided to go alone. One guard could easily say no to coming to the operation and tell the king! We weren't going to risk it!
"So, Sam, what's it like loving royalty?" I asked
"It's nice, most of the time. It's really strange just being given your meals by a butler instead of getting them yourself!"
"Honestly, if I became royalty, I'd hate it! There're the constant problems, always sending postcards at Christmas or other holiday and being lazy! I've been doing so much work with creatures, like the Fire Cracker or the Kronum, that I can't sit down and do nothing!" I said
"I see what you mean!"
We were on foot and the Eastern Caverns were far away, so we had to build shelter every night it took us! Yet, when we got up on our 3rd day, we weren't where we slept, we had moved to a cave! A wolf walked towards us.
"I am Greyjacket, I know the way to the Princess!"
"Impossible! You can't talk! Hello? Anyone here?" Sam said
"Sam, there's no one else here, I've fought dragons and witches, a talking wolf is real!" I said
"If he can talk, then how? Explain that!"
"Telepathic Brain Waves!" Greyjacket said, "We will head for the cave tomorrow, we must wait or we will be beaten!"
"What do you mean? We've got Geoffrey Gold with us! He has killed dragons, witches, Kronums! The list goes on!" Sam replied
"Listen, Sam, every victory comes at a cost! The dragon lost almost all my warriors! The witch lost every warrior and person we were meant to save! The Kronums, I was the only survivor!" I replied
"So, you always survive, troops are expendable! They'd have a new one by noon!" Sam replied
"That's not how it works, Sam, those people had family's and they won't ever return back to them! The same fate might come to you!"
Sam went silent and didn't speak for the rest of the day. I and Greyjacket talked about what this creature was. A cave troll had lost its way and saw the pretty princess, took her and left! We must also leave and do the same to get the princess back!
The day came when we would leave for the princess! Instead of walking Grey gave us a ride. Through caves and trees, we bounded!
We arrived at the cave; swords ready. Grey snarled at the smell of the troll.
"Welcome brave adventurers!" A voice boomed!
"Who are you?" I shouted as we crept into the cave
"I am Bernard the Troll! Why are you here?"
"We've come to get the princess back!" Sam shouted
"Ha ha ha, you are gravely mistaken! You will not be getting the princess back!" He exclaimed
The troll stomped its way out of the shadows with a sword in his hands.
"Aren't you a little small for a troll?" Sam laughed
The troll ran at us ready to strike, I jumped in front and stopped his sword
"Sam, you and Grey, get the princess and go! I've got the troll!"
The two ran to get the princess and I continued to fight the Troll. He was powerful and strong, but I had the feeling that I was going to stop the troll! We fought for what felt like hours and soon he had disarmed me! He slashed at me, but I jumped back!
I had lost hope of my survival, but Grey jumped in front of the troll and pushed him back and tried to fight off the Troll! He had saved Sam and Clara, but he was trying to also save himself.
"Geoffrey, no one has ever told you who you truly are, you are a Ren. Your real name is Geoffrey Ren! Proxima Ren is your mother!"
"No, that's impossible! That's not true!"
"Go now or the troll will kill you and me!"
I got up and ran out of the cave. There was a bright flash and Grey came tumbling out. He was dying. He had fur ripped out of him, he groaned as he bled from his wounds I felt terror as I realised the trolls condition
"Grey, tell me, am I a Ren?" I asked
"Yes... She created you with dark magic and left you in your town to terrorise and destroy it for her, but you didn't and now you must destroy her!"
I escaped back to the Town, shocked, knowing the scarring truth. I was the son of the Dark Enchanter, Proxima Ren!